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Open Philanthropy (now Coefficient Giving) - Technical AI Safety Funding
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Open Philanthropy (now Coefficient Giving) is one of the largest funders of AI safety research; this page is the entry point for their technical AI safety funding priorities and grant history, relevant for understanding the broader AI safety funding landscape.
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This page represents Open Philanthropy's technical AI safety research funding hub, now rebranded as Coefficient Giving. The organization has directed over $4 billion in grants since 2014, with a dedicated 'Navigating Transformative AI' fund focused on ensuring AI is safe and well-governed. It serves as a major philanthropic funder for AI safety research and related existential risk work.
Key Points
- •Open Philanthropy has rebranded as Coefficient Giving, directing over $4 billion in grants since 2014 and over $1 billion in 2025 alone.
- •The 'Navigating Transformative AI' fund explicitly targets ensuring AI is safe and well-governed, a core AI safety focus area.
- •Organization conducts in-depth cause prioritization research to identify highest-impact funding opportunities across global risks.
- •Funds span biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, global catastrophic risks, and AI safety as interconnected existential risk areas.
- •As a major funder of AI safety research, grant decisions significantly shape which technical safety research gets resourced.
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# We’re a philanthropic funder that partners with leading donors to multiply their impact.
Coefficient has directed over $4 billion in grants since 2014. Our mission is to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us.
[About Us](https://coefficientgiving.org/about-us)
Open Philanthropy is now Coefficient Giving. [Read more](https://coefficientgiving.org/research/open-philanthropy-is-now-coefficient-giving/).
Open Philanthropy is now Coefficient Giving. [Read more](https://coefficientgiving.org/research/open-philanthropy-is-now-coefficient-giving/).
## Our Funds
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- [**Abundance & Growth**\\
Accelerating growth and scientific progress](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/abundance-and-growth/)
- [**Air Quality**\\
Improving health through cleaner air](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/air-quality/)
- [**Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness**\\
Building resilience against biological risk](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/biosecurity-pandemic-preparedness/)
- [**Effective Giving & Careers**\\
Empowering people to maximize their impact](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/effective-giving-and-careers/)
- [**Farm Animal Welfare**\\
Improving the lives of farmed animals](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/farm-animal-welfare/)
- [**Forecasting**\\
Improving how critical decisions are made](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/forecasting/)
- [**Global Aid Policy**\\
Encouraging generous and cost-effective aid](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-aid-policy/)
- [**Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities**\\
Countering threats to civilization](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-catastrophic-risks-opportunities/)
- [**Global Growth**\\
Supporting growth to reduce global poverty](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-growth/)
- [**Global Health & Wellbeing Opportunities**\\
Improving health and wellbeing for all people](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-health-wellbeing-opportunities/)
- [**Lead Exposure Action Fund**\\
Accelerating progress toward a lead-free world](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/lead-exposure-action-fund/)
- [**Navigating Transformative AI**\\
Ensuring AI is safe and well-governed](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/navigating-transformative-ai/)
- [**Science and Global Health R&D**\\
Supporting lifesaving ideas and discoveries](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/science-and-global-health-rd/)
- [**Learn more about partnering with us**](https://coefficientgiving.org/about-us/partner-with-us/)
## Strategic Cause Selection
We believe the most important decision a philanthropist makes is choosing which causes to support. We conduct in-depth research to identify the areas where our funding can help others the most.
[How we select causes](https://coefficientgiving.org/research/strategic-cause-selection)
## Research & News
- ### [2025 Letter from the CEO](https://coefficientgiving.org/research/2025-lette
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